Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Samuli Suonpaa wrote: >> $ time scp -c 3des -q oberon:/var/www/testi.100M /dev/zero >> >> real 1m28.652s >> user 0m0.050s >> sys 0m0.450s >> $ time scp -c blowfish -q oberon:/var/www/testi.100M /dev/zero >> >> real 0m27.329s >> user 0m0.070s >> sys 0m0.390s >> >> Nice difference, right? > Stop! Could the file /var/www/testi.100M be in the OS cache during > the second try?
It was, but it was there the first time also, I deliberately ran both these commands a couple of times and only reported the last attempt. (Should have mentioned that, though.) > If not, than a 300% speed improvement is certainly nice. It certainly is. Suonpää...
